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A friend had an interesting theory that in a hypothetical world where a sane brexiter existed in the tory party and had become leader we would be in a much better position because they won't have been as easily bullied into triggering article 50 without preparation.

Originally Posted by Paul Mason

It is absurd that we are capable of witnessing a 40,000 year old system of gender oppression begin to dissolve before our eyes yet still see the abolition of a 200 year old economic system as an unrealistic utopia.

They benefited from lack of preparation. I don't think that was a mistake, it was a deliberate strategy.

Originally Posted by Paul Mason

It is absurd that we are capable of witnessing a 40,000 year old system of gender oppression begin to dissolve before our eyes yet still see the abolition of a 200 year old economic system as an unrealistic utopia.

A friend had an interesting theory that in a hypothetical world where a sane brexiter existed in the tory party and had become leader we would be in a much better position because they won't have been as easily bullied into triggering article 50 without preparation.

In a world with sane Brexiteers, they would have had a plan before the bloody referendum. The biggest shock, at least to many, is that they had no plan whatsoever.

40 years they've been carping about the EU, and none of them could come up with a credible plan of what to do? Strange, but true ...

Just like Trump, they had no clue what they would do after they won ... and then they did ...

A friend had an interesting theory that in a hypothetical world where a sane brexiter existed in the tory party and had become leader we would be in a much better position because they won't have been as easily bullied into triggering article 50 without preparation.

In a world with sane Brexiteers, they would have had a plan before the bloody referendum. The biggest shock, at least to many, is that they had no plan whatsoever.

40 years they've been carping about the EU, and none of them could come up with a credible plan of what to do? Strange, but true ...

Just like Trump, they had no clue what they would do after they won ... and then they did ...

I think you are making massive assumptions about a Brexiteers ability to logically sequence steps in a workable temporal fashion.

A friend had an interesting theory that in a hypothetical world where a sane brexiter existed in the tory party and had become leader we would be in a much better position because they won't have been as easily bullied into triggering article 50 without preparation.

In a world with sane Brexiteers, they would have had a plan before the bloody referendum. The biggest shock, at least to many, is that they had no plan whatsoever.

40 years they've been carping about the EU, and none of them could come up with a credible plan of what to do? Strange, but true ...

Just like Trump, they had no clue what they would do after they won ... and then they did ...

I think you are making massive assumptions about a Brexiteers ability to logically sequence steps in a workable temporal fashion.

Same with the a Trump voter.

Most of them are posh boys who muddle through life relying on their mates or minions for a plan.